Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
* Package name : stdsyslog
Version : 0.02
Upstream Author : Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
* URL : http://devel.ringlet.net/sysutils/stdsyslog/
* License : BSD-2
Programming Lang: C
Description : tool to log a program's output to the system log
The stdsyslog utility executes a program, reads everything that it
outputs to a set of file descriptors (by default the standard output and
standard error streams) and logs it to the system log. Its command-line
options include specifications of the syslog facility and the priorities
that messages on the various file descriptors should be logged as.
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Yes, I am indeed aware that this may be accomplished using logger(1) and
skillful output-redirection-to-a-program in some shells, but somehow:
stdsyslog -f local4 sprog args
...strikes me as a bit easier to type than:
sprog args >(logger -p local4.info) 2>(logger -p local4.err)
...not to mention a bit more portable and also easier to use in
automated program invocations :)
G'luck,
Peter